Comparison between swarm and other IBM systems

[Richard Hanschu]

I am just starting to explore the swarm system and individual based 
modeling and was wondering if anyone out there in the hive could 
provide a comparison of the swarm system with others available such 
as the National Micropopulation Simulation Resource
(http://www.nmsr.labmed.umn.edu/nmsr/NMSR.html). Any benefits/costs 
to either? What about the range of problems to which the system can 
be applied? 

Thanks for the feedback

Richard